#B4BCA2#B4BCA2

#B4BCA2 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.037 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCA2
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(78, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(78, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -7.44, 12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 14.31, 121.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0191 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.037 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3263, 48.2784, 41.2116)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCA2 #AAA2BC

analogous

#BCB7A2 #B4BCA2 #A7BCA2

triadic

#B4BCA2 #A2B4BC #BCA2B4

tetradic

#B4BCA2 #A2BCB7 #AAA2BC #BCA2A7

square

#B4BCA2 #A2BCB7 #AAA2BC #BCA2A7

split-complementary

#B4BCA2 #A2A7BC #B7A2BC

monochromatic

#79845F #97A27E #B4BCA2 #D1D6C6 #EDEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B4BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B4BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCA2

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCA2	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.037 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0bd',
    500: '#b4bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bca2;
$custom-light: #cad0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78179,
    "c": 0.03698,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCA2

secondary

#DBD9E1

accent

#4B9A63

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F6

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCA2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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